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Employment law - redundancy UK?
My company is in trouble. Half the company has no work, but the half I am in is working on an external contract that is still profitable. The management need to make massive cost savings and want to make 1/3 of people redundant across the board. The demarcation between both sides of the company is known to everyone but is not mentioned in my terms of employment, we are just all 'engineers'. Is it legal for them to make me redundant then move someone from the non-profitable side of the company to fill my spot and to maintain the terms of the external contract I am working on?
They are making your job not you redundant.
If you are called for instance a field engineer and you (your job) is made redundant then they cannot bring someone else in and call them a field engineer. They would not legally be able to bring someone in from another part of the company to do your job as officially it does not exist.
There are ways companies can get around this but if you are concerned that this may happen then contact your local CAB, union rep, or a lawyer and get the details from someone who is well versed in this.
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